Facebook's 2FA has been under the privacy scanner since last year. Last year there were reports that a number of people were receiving random SMS notifications after giving their phone number for 2FA. Facebook later acknowledged the bug and fixed it. It was later also known that Facebook was using phone numbers to target ads. According to a Gizmodo report, when a user gives his or her phone n

The report explains that the Android users will receive the fingerprint unlock feature as a new section in their app. The fingerprint feature can be enabled from this section. To access the fingerprint unlock feature, WhatsApp users will have to go into Privacy settings and then check the Authentication boxRead News

The 1.7 million square-foot campus, called Google Hudson Square, will include leased properties at Hudson Street and Washington Street, the company said in a blog post on Monday. The new campus will be the main location for Google&#039;s advertising sales division, the Global Business OrganisationRead News

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the PSLV-C43 with a payload of 31 satellites. This launch took place from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Marking the 45th mission that uses the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) rocket, ISRO has launched its latest Earth-mapping satellite, HysIS, as part of the mission.Read News

Facebook said its making progress on detecting hate speech, graphic violence and other violations of its rules, even before users see and report them. Facebook said that during the April-to-September period, it doubled the amount of hate speech it detected proactively, compared with the previous six months. The findings were spelled out Thursday in Facebook&#039;s second semiannual report on enforcing community standards. Read News

Cyclotrons are used to produce radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic use for cancer care. Cyclone-30, the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application became operational this month when 30 MeV beam reached the Faraday Cup for the first time last weekRead News

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan has been attracting flak for the controversial removal of a senior colleague and director of ISRO's, Space Application Centre, Tapan Misra, in Ahmedabad and attempts to privatise the space research agency.

Buried in the flood of congratulatory messages that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) received after its recent space feat is one discordant note raising some concern. It is from none other than G. Madhavan Nair, the former chairman of the country's premier space body.
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As the US space agency NASA prepares to send its next Mars 2020 mission in search of signs of life on the Red Planet, a Pasadena-based company is busy developing the rover&#039;s robotic arm which, it says, will be more efficient than the one currently deployed on the Curiosity rover.
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India has emerged as a "key player" in a growing global commercial market for space-based surveillance and communication, world media commented on Wednesday after the country scripted history by successfully launching 104 satellites using a single rocket.Read News

Over the next five years, over 3,000 such satellites with sizes varying from a small shoebox to a 24-inch television set and weighing one kg to 50 kg are expected to be built and launched by various players, according to SpaceWorks Inc, a US space industry researcher.
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The advancement in computer technology has encouraged the researchers to develop software for assisting doctors in making decisions. The software development exploits the potential of human intelligence such as reasoning, making decision, learning (by experiencing) and many others.
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In 2016, science fiction and reality collided when LIGO opened up our sixth sense to understand the universe and set the ball rolling for a new era of observational astrophysics with the detection of gravitational waves from merging black holes.Read News